Soundsmith having Issues because of COVID

Feeling lucky, sent in a cartridge about 7-8 weeks back and just got notified yesterday it’s ready to ship. Pd for repair as soon as I received the e-mail and hopefully it will be shipped on Monday for an early week delivery! Very excited to hear Peter’s work.

Right now the major dealers Acoustic Sounds, Elusive Disc and Music Direct have 25% off sale of the upper-range Soundsmith Cartridges.  I am going to guess, that dealers do not purchase these cartridges out-right from Soundsmith, and that there is some amount of consignment.  So, right now is an opportunity to obtain great cartridge's at a nice discount, that can be rebuilt at a fraction of the cost (making them a good investment), and support the brand. I own both Carmen and Paua, and recently had the Paua rebuilt - it came back with an 'upgraded suspension", and with aural memory being what is it, did sound better especially with 1000-ohm load versus 470-ohm. 

No go for me on those 3 retailers...Straingauge SG200 not sold.

Just swapped emails w Peter. I didn't push for any info on issues. He was happy to provide repl stylii at $950 each (Straingauge has gotta be THE high end cart bargain). I think I'll sort a couple of stylii, should keep me good to Covid-2025 or 2026, lol.

On the Straingauge, are the stylus assemblies user replaceable, as for a MM type?